[Xia Shuran: But... if you want me to, I can ask my teacher for time off, Senior.]
[Gu Qing: Please do. I'll treat you to a feast afterward!]
[Xia Shuran: No problem. I'll ask my teacher right now.]
[Gu Qing: Oh, and remember to bring some food. Something high-energy and easy to digest. Today's training is going to be crazy, so we'll need to keep refueling.]
[Xia Shuran: Private Ranran, reporting in!]
[Gu Qing: Comrade Shuran, see you at the sports field at two this afternoon.]
[Xia Shuran: Yes, sir!]
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Chapter 46: A Qualitative Transformation of the Body
Two in the afternoon.
Gu Qing arrived at the sports field on time.
Xia Shuran had just arrived too.
She carried a bag of food in her left hand and a bag of drinks in her right, fully prepared.
"Senior."
"For food, I brought bread, bananas, Snickers, and chocolate drops."
"For drinks, I brought Mizone, glucose water, and mineral water."
"Do you think this is enough?"
"If not, I'll go buy more now."
Xia Shuran asked with an obedient expression.
Gu Qing smiled. "It's enough, more than enough. You bought too much. After eating all this, I feel like I could walk around the Earth."
Then he added, "How much did all this cost? I'll transfer you the money."
"No need. I'll treat you, Senior."
"I insist. Even brothers should keep their accounts straight."
Gu Qing said seriously, "Besides, I was the one who asked you to take time off to practice martial arts with me. All the more reason I should pay."
Since Gu Qing had put it that way, Xia Shuran could hardly keep refusing, so she said:
"It was 32 yuan in total. Just transfer me 16."
"Sure, I'll send it now."
As Gu Qing spoke, he took out his phone and transferred 32 yuan to Xia Shuran over WeChat.
Xia Shuran blinked. "Senior, 16 yuan would've been enough. Why did you send 32?"
Gu Qing smiled. "You teach me martial arts and bring me food and drinks all the time. Even if I sent you 320 yuan, you'd still be getting the short end of the stick, let alone 32."
Xia Shuran said, "All right, then. Since you put it that way, I'll accept the 32 yuan, Senior."
Gu Qing said, "Go put everything down. Let's start training right away instead of wasting time chatting."
"Oh, okay."
Xia Shuran jogged to the steps ahead and set down the two bags she was carrying.
Then she returned to practice martial arts with Gu Qing.
Four hours passed as they trained.
They practiced straight from two in the afternoon until six.
[Physical constitution +1] x4 [Total physical constitution gained: +96]
Just four more points.
He would soon earn Knotted Muscles.
Gu Qing felt a little excited.
But he showed no impatience. Instead, he calmly looked at Xia Shuran beside him and said:
"Let's stop and rest for a bit. We'll sit down and eat something to replenish our energy, then start again at seven thirty."
"Okay."
Xia Shuran nodded and followed him to sit on the steps, recovering her strength as they ate, drank, and chatted.
Once they had eaten and drunk their fill.
Gu Qing looked at Xia Shuran and said, "Here, put your legs on mine. I'll loosen up your muscles."
Xia Shuran obediently placed her legs on his, a faint blush rising to her cheeks. "Be gentle, Senior. Otherwise, it's too intense. I can't quite handle it."
"No problem."
Gu Qing readily agreed.
But when he actually started massaging her, he treated Xia Shuran's legs like piano keys, pressing fast and hard the entire time and making her moan nonstop.
Xia Shuran wanted to say Senior had broken his word, but feeling the constant aching pleasure coming from her legs, she ultimately chose to enjoy it in silence.
So what if it's embarrassing? As long as it feels good.
Mm, pain and pleasure.
Time flew by.
Before they knew it, it was seven thirty.
Without wasting a second, Gu Qing immediately pulled Xia Shuran up beside him, and they resumed their high-intensity martial arts practice.
Nearly four hours passed as they trained.
They barely rested during that time, pushing straight through from seven thirty to almost eleven thirty.
Xia Shuran felt as though she was about to die of exhaustion.
As they kept practicing.
Her legs suddenly gave out, her body toppled, and she lay motionless on the grass.
Only her chest kept rising and falling.
She gasped for breath through her mouth.
In contrast to Xia Shuran's utter exhaustion.
Gu Qing stood beside her without a single drop of sweat on him, looking so relaxed it was eerie.
About this.
Xia Shuran had voiced her doubts several times, asking why Senior wasn't sweating.
To this question.
Gu Qing always gave the same answer: "My body has been different from other people's since birth. It's great at dissipating heat."
Xia Shuran didn't understand, but she was deeply amazed. Every time, she said Senior really had been born for sports and that pursuing academics was a waste.
"Have you rested enough?"
"Let's practice for another ten minutes."
"Just ten minutes will be enough."
Gu Qing spoke as he looked at Xia Shuran lying on the ground.
He only needed ten more minutes to reach four hours of practice and obtain Knotted Muscles.
"Senior, give me a hand."
Xia Shuran weakly raised her right hand, her voice feeble. "My body feels so limp right now. I can't quite get up on my own."
Gu Qing reached out and pulled her up.
The two continued practicing.
Ten minutes wasn't long. It passed in the blink of an eye.
Just then, several lines of translucent text appeared before Gu Qing's eyes, right on time.
[You have practiced martial arts with your fellow student Xia Shuran for over an hour] x4 [Martial arts technique +1] x4 [Physical constitution +1] x4 [Your accumulated physical constitution has reached 100 points. You have successfully obtained the attribute-Knotted Muscles] [Knotted Muscles: Your physical constitution increases substantially]
The moment the text appeared.
Gu Qing suddenly felt his body swelling and heating up, the blood and vital energy inside him growing ever more abundant.
Before he could figure out what was happening.
His muscles suddenly began bulging rapidly, pulling his slightly loose clothes taut in an instant.
Realizing his muscles were still expanding.
Gu Qing worried that his clothes would burst.
He didn't dare stay where he was.
He hastily told Xia Shuran that he had suddenly remembered something urgent he needed to handle, then hurried off the sports field.
He left Xia Shuran standing there in a daze, watching in bewilderment as his figure vanished into the night.
After leaving the sports field.
Gu Qing ran straight toward his dorm.
He ran as fast as he could the whole way.
He feared that if he was too slow, his constantly expanding muscles would burst all his clothes, causing people to mistake him for a streaking pervert.
In less than two minutes.
Gu Qing had sprinted all the way from the sports field back to his dorm.
As soon as he returned.
He quickly ducked into the bathroom.
He locked the door.
So his roommates wouldn't come in and notice anything unusual.
And the instant he ducked into the bathroom.
His constantly bulging muscles burst through his clothes.
Countless alarming splits tore through them on the spot.
Exposing fair, smooth skin that was as tough as cowhide.
Paying little attention to his torn clothes.
Gu Qing lowered his head to look at his muscles.
They were solid.
Every one of them was sharply defined, as though carved with a knife.
Veins bulged across them.
They looked full of explosive power.
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